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1953 Delaware State Hornets football
1953 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–4 (2–4 CIAA)
Head coach	Edward L. Jackson (5th season);
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 North Carolina College $	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Morgan State	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&T	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
Johnson C. Smith	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
No. 8 Virginia State	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 11 West Virginia State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Hampton	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Howard	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Shaw	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
St. Augustine's	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Virginia Union	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Lincoln (PA)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Winston-Salem State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Delaware State	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Bluefield State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier^[1]

The 1953 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1953 college football season.^[2]^[3] 1930s coach Edward L. Jackson returned, bringing the team back from a 1–7 record in 1952, to a 4–4 record in 1953. In the last game of the season, members the 1934 championship team, who Jackson coached, watched the Hornets win, 19–12.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Cheyney*	Dover, DE	W 7–6	^[5]
October 3	Norfolk State*	Dover, DE	W 18–0
October 10	at Hampton	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	L 0–26
October 17	at Johnson C. Smith	Charlotte, NC	L 0–20
October 24	Lincoln (PA)	Dover, DE	L 12–19	^[6]
October 31	at Saint Paul's (VA)	Lawrenceville, VA	L 6–7
November 14	at Howard	Washington, DC	W 13–6
November 21	St. Augustine's	Dover, DE	W 19–12	^[7]
*Non-conference game